At issue were Woodward's interviews with three current or former Bush administration officials in June 2003.
Woodward said he was first contacted by Fitzgerald's office on Nov. 3, one week after Libby's indictment, "after one of these officials went to Fitzgerald to discuss an interview with me in mid-June 2003 during which the person told me Wilson's wife worked for the CIA on weapons of mass destruction as a WMD analyst."
Woodward said he testified for more than two hours on Monday about the interviews, including a telephone conversation on June 23, 2003 and a meeting on June 27, 2003 with Libby, who resigned on Oct. 28 upon being indicted on obstruction of justice and perjury charges.
In addition to Libby, Woodward talked to White House chief of staff Andrew Card on June 20, 2003, but said that conversation did not involve Plame, according to the Post.
The remaining official refused to give Woodward permission to reveal his or her identity publicly. Woodward said his deposition was conducted in a law office, instead of under subpoena before a grand jury.
Woodward's disclosure cast doubt on Fitzgerald's assertion that Libby was the first government official to have told a reporter about Plame. Fitzgerald was referring to a June 23, 2003, meeting that Libby had with then-New York Times reporter Judith Miller. In his testimony, Woodward cited interviews that took place earlier that month.
Woodward's account raised fresh questions about the CIA leak case and prompted speculation that the federal investigation is still very much alive.
Bush's top advisor, Karl Rove, is also under investigation in the probe.
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